Japanese ship Montevideo Maru wreck found in South China Sea says report

World wars have given deep wounds to this world. One of them is the Japanese transport ship ‘Montevideo Maru’ of World War II. In 1942, a Japanese ship was sunk in the sea by a torpedo attack by an American submarine. At the time of the incident, there were more than 1,000 Allied prisoners on board the ship. It is said that all of them died due to drowning. Now in a historic event the wreck of the ‘Montevideo Maru’ has been discovered in the South China Sea.

One Report Of AccordingMost of the Allied prisoners who died in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru were Australians. Efforts to find the wreckage of the Japanese ship have been going on for decades and last week a major success was achieved. Silentworld Foundation, a non-profit organization, played an important role in this discovery.

Silentworld coordinated the entire mission with the help of the Australian Defense Department. to the mission Montevideo Maru Society Also received support from, which was made by the relatives of the prisoners aboard the ship. Several other teams were also involved in the mission and had been researching for years where to search for the ship.

After a long research, the search team started focusing on one area in the sea. On April 6, the team started scanning the area with the help of multibeam sonar equipment. The wreck was discovered on April 18 at a depth of approximately 13,100 feet (4,000 m) in the South China Sea after a search of nearly 12 days. Philippines has control over this area. According to the report, after comparing the images of the wreck and the blue print of the ship, it was confirmed that the wreck belonged to the same Japanese ship, which was destroyed and sunk by the American submarine attack.

Researchers say that this discovery shows that even today living people have respect for their deceased relatives. Most of the 1,054 prisoners aboard the ship were Australians. A total of 850 soldiers, sailors and aviators were on board the ship. It is said that the American submarine was unaware that there were prisoners on board the ship. The submarine fired at least four torpedoes at the Japanese ship. One shot was hit and the ship was sunk in just 11 minutes.